We have a friend, a retiree – we call him “Bicycle Joe” – who pedals around town on his two-wheeler and stops to chat with friends old and new. He always has […]
Why live anywhere else?
Jolly good, London Monarchs!
There’s a great big world out there. And it doesn’t end at the borders or seashores. Let’s turn our attention from the We-Don’t-Care-Series toward an intriguing idea floated by NFL Commissioner Roger […]
Sailing against a strong tide
Now that the Huntington Beach City Council majority has passed an ordinance aimed at limiting “obscenity” and “pornography” in city libraries, I fear the “guardians” they will appoint are in for a […]
Don’t kick the bucket, either
There’s nothing you can do badly that you can’t make worse. Ask Shane Beamer. The head football coach at the University of South Carolina broke a bone in his right foot when […]
Taylor Swift: New kind of MVP
The most prominent issue in the North American sports world is not the dissolution of the Pac-12, the semi-annual collapse of the Los Angeles Dodgers in post-season play, or whether or not […]
Say “nope” to dope shops
I recently found myself in the unfamiliar state of agreeing with an action by the Huntington Beach City Council. As your may have read in the pages of The Tribune, the city […]
It was the “Street’ of Gold
Latest in a series on the “Forgotten Wonders” of West Orange County.” Any OG Garden Grovers remember Belisle’s Restaurant at Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue; it was the city’s most famous eatery […]
When the ‘Golden Bear’ roared
Part Two of “Forgotten Wonders of West Orange County.” “The Golden Bear” in Huntington Beach on Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street is probably holding on to its one-time fame longer than […]
So, fans, who do we fire now?
It was a bittersweet weekend for sports fans in the Orange County area. The Rams and Chargers won a pair of important games, the Dodgers finished the season with 100 victories and […]
‘Forgotten Wonders’ of OC
There used to be a thing called “The Seven Wonders of the World,” mostly extinct (and possibly mythical) places and buildings that out stand out as monuments to the creativity and history […]
